Wedding Menu: But I'm a Vegetarian!

Hey Guys! This week's wedding task is the menu which totally conflicts me for a few reasons the first being--I can't imagine actually sitting down and eating at my wedding and the second being--I'm a vegetarian who also doesn't eat dairy.....oy!

So with this big task of wedding menu at hand...I talked it over with Jon and he and I agreed that for a winter wedding a hearty meal of pasta sans meat should be sufficient for guests.

In my argument for a no-meat wedding I did plead the case (and this is very true) that whenever I get a vegetarian meal, I always find that there are people around me wishing they had been served my dish as well. From planes to events, I've always noticed this to be the case when someone is sending back their steak to be cooked more or complaining their fish is too "fishy" people tend to "oooh" and "aaah" at the vegetarian lasagna or pasta dish I have been served. I also find that it's hard for a chef to make fish or meat to order for each person at an event of 135 people and this would simplify things for the chef.

So Jon and I agreed, pasta is the way we'd like to go, but we also thought we would relax things up a bit, throw out the formality of it all and make it pasta served family style for the table. I tend to think that the less complex the dish, the better for large groups so after telling our caterer Sasha that we'd like to do a vegetarian meal served family style she sent me a laundry list of meat-free/fish-free dishes to look at for inspiration. Now I need your help to weigh into what will be the best accompaniments and what will visually look good on the table/ plate 'cause after all it is a wedding and we do care about how it all looks!

Menu 1

pasta with wild mushrooms, shallots and herbs

asparagus with preserved lemon vinaigrette

mixed grilled veggies

roasted sweet potatoes

bulgar with diced veggies and herbs

Menu 2

pasta with wild mushrooms, shallots and herbs

ricotta ravioli with olives, basil, fresh tomato sauce

broccli rabe with roasted garlic

roasted root veggies

eggplant parm OR something else? (do you think the bulgar goes with this meal)

Vote, and then tell me what you chose in the comments! Oh, and tell me: Have you ever been to an all vegetarian wedding? Ever been jealous of someone's veggie dish at a big event?__